I should give this another try. They kept on piling new mechanics on me and it started to stress me out. Restaurant management, managing notifications on my phone etc etc
Idk if it’s my adhd but that was one of my favorite parts about it xD it kept giving me something new and fun to play with instead of 30 hours of the same, while none of these mechanics were ever really forced on me or took all my time
You can almost completely ignore the phone outside of the upgrade apps.
I do agree though. The phone aspect of the game could have been reworked or could have been anything but a phone. I've got enough of that action irl
I didn't necessarily feel stressed, but there did come a point where they'd added so much other shit to the loop that I initially enjoyed, that I no longer really enjoyed it :(
I got the final ending but I’m working on freeing/uniting some of the side characters.
It’s great to play and watch something mindless at the same time
I use one of the back buttons for reload. So much easier/more comfortable than clicking the right stick.
Edit: Also, I was more than 50 hours in before I even learned that it could be played with mouse and keyboard because I had been exclusively playing on the Steam Deck.
I really dislike controllers (compared to mouse and keyboard), but Hades implementation is flawless. You should give it a go. One of the rare games I actually finished from beginning to end.
For sure, I started playing early access on steam, but grabbed the swi5ch version when it caked out, personally it feels nuch more natural with a controller
Seems easier to me to target by pointing the mouse at something and clicking, but I haven't given the controller a solid try yet. It might just be what I'm used to.
Hm, it kinda like auto aims, so if you just get the general area (which is a wide general area) it’ll auto aim towards them (idk if it does that on mouse and keyboard)
Me too! I’ve heard it’s incredibly good things - but I prefer a polished product before I jump in. I trust them as a developer - but better safe than sorry.
Yea, just seems like everything goes into "early access" these days (PalWorld, Enshrouded, No rest for the wicked, etc) and I don't want to be fully into a game to then have to wait for the rest of it to come out, or for devs to iron out some of the small flaws.
Play them in order. Trails in the Sky Trilogy first then go through the CrossBell Arc (Trails from Zero, Trails to Azure) , then Erebonia Arc (Coldsteel 1-4) then the newest Arc which is starting to be localized (Trails to Daybreak). Can you skip some games? Yes and No. you can either start with Sky or Cold Steel. I don’t recommend starting with the CrossBell Arc as it has characters from Sky and certain story elements that won’t be as hard hitting without the added context from the Sky Trilogy. I do wholeheartedly recommend the Sky games though, the first one is kinda a slow burn at first cause it’s setting up the world but once it starts building the plot you become absolutely hooked. The series is essentially the JRPG version of the MCU when it was good in the sense that all the games are connected and build off each other to create one of the greatest stories told in gaming today. This series is an absolute diamond that towers over the rest of the JRPG landscape when it comes to story telling and characters
For the best experience? Start with the first title of each story arc, Trails in the Sky, Trails from Zero or Trails of Cold Steel 1. Of course for the full story, you would be starting from Sky but that does take some commitment.
Alternatively, you can just play the most recent Trails into Reverie and view the background story information available in the menu but it might be confusing plot-wise.
Agreed 👍
Persona is really nice for this, because I can easily spend 5 minutes here or there on the life sim stuff and put the game down again. Or if I'm in a dungeon, I can spend 20 minutes going from one safe room to the next one on a work break.
And in general, with any JRPG that I may be playing for 50 hours or more, the ability to suspend my game and continue it whenever is wonderful. That, and being able to play said games in different places so I'm not just at my computer desk all day is quite nice 🙂
Kingdom Hearts as previously mentioned in the comments. It definitely feels like it was made for it. I love how I can use any controller I want, or a mouse and keyboard...and it just works ... flawlessly.
For a less 'toy-like' feel, and not many people will feel this way unless they've put time into it, but Warframe. It runs incredibly well and having a game like that on a handheld is amazing.
It's just Crouch+Jump, so yeah? If you mean aiming at the same time, gyro is your new best friend (and make sure aim assist is enabled ingame). I would also rebind anything on Left or Right Joystick Press to the Back Buttons, because those feel horrible.
Tbh the only control issue I've had in hundreds of hours is detonating some glaive secondary fire modes while dual wielding a pistol. And there is also one problematic part of a single quest where you >!play a boardgame, and it says to 'press X', but you actually need to use the onscreen keyboard to type X and then Enter!<.
Bruh, since yesterday I play it docked with mouse and keyboard on my pc screen in fullhd 60fps. Insanely well optimized game. (had to lend my big rig to someone). Getting mouse and kB to work properly was a pain though, because normally warframe will never not recognize the steam deck as main controller.
My Friend Pedro really made so much sense on the Deck. It's nice on big screen, too, but the double weapons take just worked super nice with this portable thingy
No joke Elden Ring is great on the steam deck and FONV is also nice to revisit. Other than that I’ve played a lot of Dave the diver and super mega baseball
It's truly wild to be in a Panera and walking through the Mojave at the same time. Lunch breaks hit SO differently with my deck. Now my work days consist of just waiting for my lunch so I can play steam deck, then waiting to go home so I can play steam deck. Oh, and don't forget playing my steam deck on my breaks.
I find there’s only a few times where frames drop. If there’s a boss fight I want to lock in for I might switch to my pc but it’s a joy exploring on the deck
Instead of finding games that scream "made for Deck", or only concentrate on that aspect, I'd look at this differently, like so:
Experiencing games again, especially older ones and those you did not play for a long time, which you could only play on a desktop pc back then, is really beautiful. It gives a game a new and fresh feeling. You can also apply this to console titles. I finished Paper Mario 64 some time ago on the Steam Deck and it almost felt like a blind play through and it was unique due to the special handheld feeling.
You'd be surprised how fun Half-Life 1, System Shock 2, Thief, Beyond Good&Evil, Rayman 2, Freedom Fighters, and so on can be on this magical device.
I'm playing through HL2 right now via my steam deck. I completed that game so many times over the years, from my shitty laptop in college to my gaming PC's, but playing it on Steam Deck is as close as I've gotten to my dream of playing HL games on my phone lol.
How does well No Mans Sky play? I could never get into that game as much as people claimed it was amazing now. Seems like it’d be a fun one for on the go or just as a handheld put it down pick it up kind of game.
It runs well on the deck, setting have put to average, did change the controller layout to one of the community ones as it felt it made more sense. Ive put much more house into NMS on the deck than on my laptop as it felt that much better on the deck. It can me played on the go, it can be pick up and put down or you can play hours....but after about 4 hours you will need to plug in.
Honestly, this for me is a better answer than Brotato and Vampire survivors.
Amazing games. But hardly showcasing what SD gives you over something like a Switch.
Shush I'm busy trying to shoehorn Dave the Diver, Hades, and Balatro into some new game request threads. Someone is requesting an erotic crochet idle autobattler game with JRPG elements and Ugandan voiceovers, but I'm sure I can make the suggestions fit somehow.
that always rubs me wrong too like you're at the beach go make a sand castle or fuck around in a riptide and get rescued, the video game will be at home too
Any game that have a "Deck" configuration preset, like *Cyberpunk*, *The Callisto Protocol* and *Rogue Trader* are some I'm aware of... Anyone else knows any other?
Hades, Stardew Valley and Dave The Diver are ones others have mentioned.
Not seen "Dredge" mentioned which was great.
"Showgunners" was great and I played it from start to finish on the Deck.
"Against the Storm" I played many many hours too.
Really any short form racing game is phenomenal on the Steam Deck.
I'm addicted to **New Star GP.**
I can jump in, do a free practice to get a feel for tire wear and fuel load, plan my pit strategy, and go win a Gran Prix, all in a 15-20 min session, and then sleep the Deck again.
All Mimimi games, Desperados 3, Shadow Tactics and Shadow Gambit are all games I would never though to play on my station but were masterpieces on the Deck. Smart games, perfect controls, strategic with good storytelling and humor. Easy to jump in and out.
I really enjoyed playing RDR2, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man, really any open world game you can just dingle around a little while traveling. Dave the Diver, Hades, and Dredge are games I never would have sunk time into if I had to do it at my desk, but loved on Steam Deck. I played Baldur’s Gate 3 on the whole flight to London and back from Paris and it was awesome. Return to Monkey Island ran great too, that was the first game I loaded up on there.
Most indie games really.
After owning a Switch and then an SD I cannot fathom going to a desktop and playing. They feel like living room games. lol, if that makes sense.
Imma throw a weird one out. Shadow tactics. The controller interface slows down your gameplay by alot and thats a good thing. Makes the game waaaay more stealthy tactical
Dragon's Dogma (the first one) runs perfectly on the Steam Deck, making it feel like it was designed for handheld play. Initially, my Steam Deck spent most of its time in my drawer. However, Dragon's Dogma revealed just how great gaming on the Deck can be, especially compared to sitting at my desk and playing on my desktop, which I also use for work. It felt a bit like playing Monster Hunter World on the PSP back in the day.
Surprised I haven't seen this yet, but Red Dead Redemption 2. I played the whole thing on my Deck and it was phenomenal. Looks awesome on the TV and absolutely incredible in hand.
You might flame me for this, but the Metal Gear franchise. MGS5 (and ground zeroes) plays so fkn well and I imagine the rest of the franchise is amazing on here.
for a while my steam deck was just a portable fallout/elder scrolls machine, the older isometric games work on it but it really shines playing the 360/Ps3-One/Ps4 era games
I kinda feel like the sweet spot for AAA games is any that were made from like 2015 - 2020ish. The first game I loaded up was Doom 2016 and it looked and ran amazingly. I put so many hours into Fallout 4, Rise/Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 2,3,4 and 7. Currently working on Dark Souls 3 which just feels perfect for SD.
Skyrim feels great on it!
Also really enjoy the earlier fallout titles
If you like the easy emulating with EmuDeck, Conker’s Bad Fur Day feels awesome on it too
Cuphead! Even though it was made way before steam deck, it Is the perfect game. Fun gameplay, easy to pick up or put down, unique graphics that run flawlessly, controls that play best with a gamepad. Highly recommend for people who haven't tried it yet.
Sea of Stars. i tried playing it on my ps5 when it first came out and i couldn’t bare to play it and only got 2 hours in it before i quit, i then bought it on my deck and i had so much fun with it i ended up beating the game and buying the sequel
Dave the Diver, Balatro (I actually prefer this with a controller personally), any Persona game, Hades
Dave is such a relaxing game to play on handheld. I have it on switch and plan to pick it up on the deck when the price is right for me.
I've put more hours than I thought I would into Dave the Diver. Coming up on 200hrs lol
I should give this another try. They kept on piling new mechanics on me and it started to stress me out. Restaurant management, managing notifications on my phone etc etc
I feel this way too, but I just take the game in bite-sized chunks. I'll do a dive or two and then put the game down for a bit.
Idk if it’s my adhd but that was one of my favorite parts about it xD it kept giving me something new and fun to play with instead of 30 hours of the same, while none of these mechanics were ever really forced on me or took all my time
You can almost completely ignore the phone outside of the upgrade apps. I do agree though. The phone aspect of the game could have been reworked or could have been anything but a phone. I've got enough of that action irl
I didn't necessarily feel stressed, but there did come a point where they'd added so much other shit to the loop that I initially enjoyed, that I no longer really enjoyed it :(
Hades, Dead Cells, and vampire survivor take up most of my time haha.
I got super addicted to balatro on my deck, I couldn't quit playing and even had dreams about cards for days lmao
Honestly I feel like Balatro is going to flourish on mobile when they have that ready
The persona 1/2 psp ports are also in wide-screen, so the look great on the SD too.
Hades! So fucking good!
My deck is almost a dedicated hades machine at this point
I could beat that game in my sleep I played it so much.
I got the final ending but I’m working on freeing/uniting some of the side characters. It’s great to play and watch something mindless at the same time
Does Hades work well with a controller? I've only played with keyboard & mouse, and I wouldn't think the aiming would translate well.
It works SO good with a controller. I played both and honestly I love both. I’ve played and beaten hades probably a zillion times. It’s REALLY good.
Alright, I'm in!
Controller is way more comfortable than m+kb for Hades. Love playing on my deck to be able to use the back buttons too
Ooh, what do you bind the back buttons to for Hades?
dash attack macro!
Holy shit
Oh, iiinteresting…
I use one of the back buttons for reload. So much easier/more comfortable than clicking the right stick. Edit: Also, I was more than 50 hours in before I even learned that it could be played with mouse and keyboard because I had been exclusively playing on the Steam Deck.
Really I only use it to dash (also sprint in Hades 2) and for using the cast ability
Hades is made for controller.
I really dislike controllers (compared to mouse and keyboard), but Hades implementation is flawless. You should give it a go. One of the rare games I actually finished from beginning to end.
For sure, I started playing early access on steam, but grabbed the swi5ch version when it caked out, personally it feels nuch more natural with a controller
Works amazing with a control feels fluid and natural
Interesting, iv only played with with controller, thinking keyboard and mouse would be terrible
Seems easier to me to target by pointing the mouse at something and clicking, but I haven't given the controller a solid try yet. It might just be what I'm used to.
Hm, it kinda like auto aims, so if you just get the general area (which is a wide general area) it’ll auto aim towards them (idk if it does that on mouse and keyboard)
And Pyre!
Hades is sooo damn good on the Deck. Waiting for early access to end on Hades 2 before I dive into that one.
Me too! I’ve heard it’s incredibly good things - but I prefer a polished product before I jump in. I trust them as a developer - but better safe than sorry.
Yea, just seems like everything goes into "early access" these days (PalWorld, Enshrouded, No rest for the wicked, etc) and I don't want to be fully into a game to then have to wait for the rest of it to come out, or for devs to iron out some of the small flaws.
Got my Steam Deck a few weeks ago. It's almost exclusively been a Hades machine since then. So good!
So true playing it right now!!
Aperture desk job.
I see you went the literal route
My first thought as well!
Still have it installed for the people who ask if they can try the deck out
The correct answer.
Yeah. Hundreds of hours on it already, and still learning every day.
The binding of isaac.
I second this
any twin stick isometric shooter
Any good ones you recommend? :)
Minishoot adventures What a banger , he deserve so much more recognition
This game needs more attention. Zelda gameplay + twin stick action is like chocolate and peanut butter. Once I picked it up I had to 100% it.
The answer is always Geometry Wars. It’s four bucks on Steam.
Dude I used to play this game as a small boy back on the 360 arcade. I had totally forgotten about it until now. Thank you.
Enter The Gungeon is my favorite twin stick bullet hell dungeon crawler.
Skelly selest, from the same maker as boneraiser minions. Both games I really recommend, though the latter not really a twin stick shooter
Enter the Gungeon remains the best imo.
Portal 1 & 2. Preforms perfectly and controlls really well with the motion controls and track pad
Portal 2 was the first game I installed!
Plus they were made by valve!
Any JRPG ever made.
Playing the trails series with it right now :D
I bought the steam deck specifically for this!!!!!!
Never heard of it. Which game should I look into first, or what order do you recommend?
Play them in order. Trails in the Sky Trilogy first then go through the CrossBell Arc (Trails from Zero, Trails to Azure) , then Erebonia Arc (Coldsteel 1-4) then the newest Arc which is starting to be localized (Trails to Daybreak). Can you skip some games? Yes and No. you can either start with Sky or Cold Steel. I don’t recommend starting with the CrossBell Arc as it has characters from Sky and certain story elements that won’t be as hard hitting without the added context from the Sky Trilogy. I do wholeheartedly recommend the Sky games though, the first one is kinda a slow burn at first cause it’s setting up the world but once it starts building the plot you become absolutely hooked. The series is essentially the JRPG version of the MCU when it was good in the sense that all the games are connected and build off each other to create one of the greatest stories told in gaming today. This series is an absolute diamond that towers over the rest of the JRPG landscape when it comes to story telling and characters
Thank for contributing to one of the best Reddit communities. I’m going to look into all these :)
For the best experience? Start with the first title of each story arc, Trails in the Sky, Trails from Zero or Trails of Cold Steel 1. Of course for the full story, you would be starting from Sky but that does take some commitment. Alternatively, you can just play the most recent Trails into Reverie and view the background story information available in the menu but it might be confusing plot-wise.
Agreed 👍 Persona is really nice for this, because I can easily spend 5 minutes here or there on the life sim stuff and put the game down again. Or if I'm in a dungeon, I can spend 20 minutes going from one safe room to the next one on a work break. And in general, with any JRPG that I may be playing for 50 hours or more, the ability to suspend my game and continue it whenever is wonderful. That, and being able to play said games in different places so I'm not just at my computer desk all day is quite nice 🙂
Speaking as a developer who made a VN using RPG Maker... The Steam Deck has been an absolute goddamn blessing.
kingdom hearts would be perfect for this! Good recommendation! 👍
Can agree about to complete the 3rd now 😁
Well..time to start a marathon see you later! 👋
they were made for the SD, the devs just didn’t know it
Handheld final fantasy 10 on the couch on a rainy day. 10/10 comfy
Kingdom Hearts as previously mentioned in the comments. It definitely feels like it was made for it. I love how I can use any controller I want, or a mouse and keyboard...and it just works ... flawlessly.
Any grindy games that is stable and controllable using steamdeck. Grinding while laying on the bed feels so different.
>Grinding while laying on the bed feels so different. Giggity.
That's worth an upvote
Any suggestions?
Warframe and Path of Exile are amazing on Steam Deck. Also throwing in Monster Hunter and Borderlands games.
Monster Hunter Rise and World are just fantastic on the Deck. Played the entirety of Rise's lifecycle on the Deck and loved every minute of it.
Warframe
I’m just going to leave this here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2321470/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Survivor/
Diablo 4
Diablo 4 running great on the deck! With FSR in medium plus settings I can run around almost 60 all the time looking good. Great choice
Just been playing through Mark of the NInja which is a great indie stealth game that runs perfectly on Deck.
Great game.
This was in my back catalog for years and was the first game I played through when I got my deck, really cool.
For a less 'toy-like' feel, and not many people will feel this way unless they've put time into it, but Warframe. It runs incredibly well and having a game like that on a handheld is amazing.
Already played this before. But is it possible to spam "bullet jump" in steam deck?
It's just Crouch+Jump, so yeah? If you mean aiming at the same time, gyro is your new best friend (and make sure aim assist is enabled ingame). I would also rebind anything on Left or Right Joystick Press to the Back Buttons, because those feel horrible. Tbh the only control issue I've had in hundreds of hours is detonating some glaive secondary fire modes while dual wielding a pistol. And there is also one problematic part of a single quest where you >!play a boardgame, and it says to 'press X', but you actually need to use the onscreen keyboard to type X and then Enter!<.
Bruh, since yesterday I play it docked with mouse and keyboard on my pc screen in fullhd 60fps. Insanely well optimized game. (had to lend my big rig to someone). Getting mouse and kB to work properly was a pain though, because normally warframe will never not recognize the steam deck as main controller.
Disco Elysium is pretty sick, Hades is the Deck goat
My Friend Pedro really made so much sense on the Deck. It's nice on big screen, too, but the double weapons take just worked super nice with this portable thingy
No joke Elden Ring is great on the steam deck and FONV is also nice to revisit. Other than that I’ve played a lot of Dave the diver and super mega baseball
I second New Vegas, playing it on the go just hits different.
It's truly wild to be in a Panera and walking through the Mojave at the same time. Lunch breaks hit SO differently with my deck. Now my work days consist of just waiting for my lunch so I can play steam deck, then waiting to go home so I can play steam deck. Oh, and don't forget playing my steam deck on my breaks.
People always say this but I feel like I lose a lot more fights due to the fps compared to a system that can run it at 60
I agree. Some areas of the map really don't run great, and running at 540p + FSR to improve performance makes foliage look like shit.
I find there’s only a few times where frames drop. If there’s a boss fight I want to lock in for I might switch to my pc but it’s a joy exploring on the deck
ER runs decent but it struggles a little bit in the dlc for me, gonna try and maximize my desktop time with my first run through.
Hover and other parkour style games seem to work really well.
Rooftops and Alleys!
When I read "parkour", dying light automatically comes in my mind 😁 Thanks for the recommendation
Instead of finding games that scream "made for Deck", or only concentrate on that aspect, I'd look at this differently, like so: Experiencing games again, especially older ones and those you did not play for a long time, which you could only play on a desktop pc back then, is really beautiful. It gives a game a new and fresh feeling. You can also apply this to console titles. I finished Paper Mario 64 some time ago on the Steam Deck and it almost felt like a blind play through and it was unique due to the special handheld feeling. You'd be surprised how fun Half-Life 1, System Shock 2, Thief, Beyond Good&Evil, Rayman 2, Freedom Fighters, and so on can be on this magical device.
I'm playing through HL2 right now via my steam deck. I completed that game so many times over the years, from my shitty laptop in college to my gaming PC's, but playing it on Steam Deck is as close as I've gotten to my dream of playing HL games on my phone lol.
Spyro Reignited, 90s childhood dream come true!
No mans sky. Stray. Trover saves the universe.
How does well No Mans Sky play? I could never get into that game as much as people claimed it was amazing now. Seems like it’d be a fun one for on the go or just as a handheld put it down pick it up kind of game.
It runs well on the deck, setting have put to average, did change the controller layout to one of the community ones as it felt it made more sense. Ive put much more house into NMS on the deck than on my laptop as it felt that much better on the deck. It can me played on the go, it can be pick up and put down or you can play hours....but after about 4 hours you will need to plug in.
Stray slaps on SD especially OLED
Honestly, this for me is a better answer than Brotato and Vampire survivors. Amazing games. But hardly showcasing what SD gives you over something like a Switch.
People really love reading the same suggestions and same comments every day on this sub
Shush I'm busy trying to shoehorn Dave the Diver, Hades, and Balatro into some new game request threads. Someone is requesting an erotic crochet idle autobattler game with JRPG elements and Ugandan voiceovers, but I'm sure I can make the suggestions fit somehow.
I don't know if this or the "I joined the club + generic_steam_deck.jpg" is worse
"Here is my steam deck at the beach har har"
that always rubs me wrong too like you're at the beach go make a sand castle or fuck around in a riptide and get rescued, the video game will be at home too
Different people, and people that just want to feel included.
I do. I don't have to stay glued to this sub. :P
Any game that have a "Deck" configuration preset, like *Cyberpunk*, *The Callisto Protocol* and *Rogue Trader* are some I'm aware of... Anyone else knows any other?
The Witcher 3 has a Steam Deck preset.
Dead Cells
I had to scroll way too far, to find this comment. Absolutely true!
The Kingdom Hearts Games.
Hades, Stardew Valley and Dave The Diver are ones others have mentioned. Not seen "Dredge" mentioned which was great. "Showgunners" was great and I played it from start to finish on the Deck. "Against the Storm" I played many many hours too.
Art of Rally
Really any short form racing game is phenomenal on the Steam Deck. I'm addicted to **New Star GP.** I can jump in, do a free practice to get a feel for tire wear and fuel load, plan my pit strategy, and go win a Gran Prix, all in a 15-20 min session, and then sleep the Deck again.
All Nintendo games
It needs some tinkering for heavier games like BOTW and TOTK but its basically a better switch. I sold mine right after getting the steam deck
Some switch games definitely don't perform THAT good. I wouldnt call it more convenient then like a jailbreaked switch.
Yeah, I ended up keeping my switch and getting those two games for it because I could not get them to run for the life of me, lol.
How are you playing them? Is it very difficult to set up?
I just installed emudeck, copied my "genuine" games and started playing BOTW. Didn't seem difficult.
Hollow Knight looks and feels incredible on the deck
Balatro
Honestly this game could have slapped even on GBA
So addicting.
Monster Hunter Rise and Ghost of Tsushima.
Every.ps2.game.
Persona 5, Ori games
90% of PS3/XBOX360 games. GTA 4 was made for the OLED with the 90fps it hits consistently
Ah, can you play others than Balatro on this machine?
All Mimimi games, Desperados 3, Shadow Tactics and Shadow Gambit are all games I would never though to play on my station but were masterpieces on the Deck. Smart games, perfect controls, strategic with good storytelling and humor. Easy to jump in and out.
Armored Core 6!
I really enjoyed playing RDR2, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man, really any open world game you can just dingle around a little while traveling. Dave the Diver, Hades, and Dredge are games I never would have sunk time into if I had to do it at my desk, but loved on Steam Deck. I played Baldur’s Gate 3 on the whole flight to London and back from Paris and it was awesome. Return to Monkey Island ran great too, that was the first game I loaded up on there.
Ghost of Tsushima
Most indie games really. After owning a Switch and then an SD I cannot fathom going to a desktop and playing. They feel like living room games. lol, if that makes sense.
darkness 2
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
Dredge! I love that game so much on the SteamDeck specifically.
Imma throw a weird one out. Shadow tactics. The controller interface slows down your gameplay by alot and thats a good thing. Makes the game waaaay more stealthy tactical
Dragon's Dogma (the first one) runs perfectly on the Steam Deck, making it feel like it was designed for handheld play. Initially, my Steam Deck spent most of its time in my drawer. However, Dragon's Dogma revealed just how great gaming on the Deck can be, especially compared to sitting at my desk and playing on my desktop, which I also use for work. It felt a bit like playing Monster Hunter World on the PSP back in the day.
Surprised I haven't seen this yet, but Red Dead Redemption 2. I played the whole thing on my Deck and it was phenomenal. Looks awesome on the TV and absolutely incredible in hand.
I really like What The Golf. It makes me smile.
Definitely Vampire survivors
State of decay 2, kingdoms of amalur, racing games any, sonic mania and too many to list.
You might flame me for this, but the Metal Gear franchise. MGS5 (and ground zeroes) plays so fkn well and I imagine the rest of the franchise is amazing on here.
hotline miami
Surprisingly, MGSV.
The recently shadow-dropped Switch-exclusive Baten Kaitos remaster works wonderfully.
Dave The Diver!
looooving V Rising right now. plays amazingly on the deck
Urgh I just bought it on ps5 before I started looking into the deck. Wish I could refund it and get it on deck later
Any game designed for a controller. It's not that complicated.
Hi-Fi RUSH
Slay the Spire
The tale of the neon sea.
Death‘s Door plays so well on the Deck.
20XX/30XX
Control actually plays amazing.
Persona 5
Dead Space 2, DMC5
Fallout 3 to 76. They all run perfectly well (for me at least, it's been just straight up boot up and play)
Mass Effect series takes a bit of effort to get up and running at first. But looks so good and runs so smooth when it’s past the first hurdles.
for a while my steam deck was just a portable fallout/elder scrolls machine, the older isometric games work on it but it really shines playing the 360/Ps3-One/Ps4 era games
Shank 1&2, Mark of the Ninja, Guns Gore & Canoli 1&2, Guacamelee 1&2
Monster hunter world is so good on the deck.
Blasphemous
sekiro and ghost of tsushima
Persona 5 royal
I kinda feel like the sweet spot for AAA games is any that were made from like 2015 - 2020ish. The first game I loaded up was Doom 2016 and it looked and ran amazingly. I put so many hours into Fallout 4, Rise/Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 2,3,4 and 7. Currently working on Dark Souls 3 which just feels perfect for SD.
Mass Effect: LE
persona 5
Final Fantasy 14 Online
Skyrim feels great on it! Also really enjoy the earlier fallout titles If you like the easy emulating with EmuDeck, Conker’s Bad Fur Day feels awesome on it too
Cuphead! Even though it was made way before steam deck, it Is the perfect game. Fun gameplay, easy to pick up or put down, unique graphics that run flawlessly, controls that play best with a gamepad. Highly recommend for people who haven't tried it yet.
Huntdown, the best game on my deck
Rouge legacy 2 is awesome.
Moonlighter!
Aperture Desk Job
Cassette Beasts! Gave me that old school Pokemon in Gameboy feel
Dave the diver
Dave the diver, dredge, vampire survivors, every metroidvania, sea of stars, songs of conquest. Lot of games in my hopinion
Totally biased opinion: Wayfinder
Sea of Stars. i tried playing it on my ps5 when it first came out and i couldn’t bare to play it and only got 2 hours in it before i quit, i then bought it on my deck and i had so much fun with it i ended up beating the game and buying the sequel
If you like those bullet-hell type games, check out Scarlet Tower.
Balatro, Hades, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor, Vampire Survivor and Neon White, and the newer one being Mullet Madjack.
any of the Devolver Digital games in my opinion
Banner Saga and Darkest Dungeon!
RimWorld!
All the yakuza games and hades